Dilip Parikh

Dilip Parikh (1937-25 October 2019) was the BJP Chief Minister of Gujarat from 28 October 1997 to 4 March 1998, succeeding Shankersinh Vaghela and preceding Keshubhai Patel.

Biography
Dilip Parikh was born in Bombay, British India in 1937, and he owned a plastics manufacturing business before entering politics in the 1980s as President of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1990, he became Vice President of the BJP State Committee, and he served as an MLA for Gujarat from 1990 to 1998, as Minister of Industries from 1995 to 1997, and as Chief Minister from 1997 to 1998. In 1996, he defected to the new Rashtriya Janata Party, and he served as Chief Minister until the Indian National Congress withdrew its support from his government, which then collapsed. He died in Ahmedabad in 2019 following a fall.